Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei    

On November 16th. and 17th., 2002, in the city of Ribeirão Preto, San Pablo State, Brazil, an International Seminar was held with the presence of the master Y. Yamada, 8º Dan, disciple of the founder, who was in charge of the new Federación Intercultural de Aikido, compile with Professors Breno de Oliveira, 5º Dan (Shimbukan Brasil),  Ricardo Leite, 5º Dan (Associação Bushinkan Aikido) and Carlos Eduardo Dutra, 5º Dan ( Academia Paulista de Aikido ).
To participate, Prof. Ricardo López travel for this important event due to the close relation with Shimbukan Brasil.
This journey was also serve the purpose to reiterate his friendship of many year with the practitioners from Brazil.